Embassy Suites Omaha-La Vista
Hotel and Conference Center
La Vista, Nebraska
- 6:00PM PRE-CONFERENCE MEET-UP AND RECEPTION
- Thursday, February 23, 2012
- Register Here
- Hosted by: Greater Omaha Young Professionals, Lincoln Young Professionals, Cornstalks and Connecting Young Nebraskans
- 8:00 Registration, Networking and Light Breakfast
- 8:30 Opening Session
- James B. Milliken, President, University of Nebraska
- Rick Sheehy, Lt. Governor, State of Nebraska
- Opening Keynote
- Christian Renaud, Startup City Des Moines
- 10:00 Breakout Sessions
- Jim Terrano, TELCOR, Inc.
- Nick Bowden, MindMixer
- George Johnson, George Paul Vinegar
- Charlotte Ralston, RU Nuts Company, Inc.
- Brian Turner, Distefano Tool and Manufacturing Co.
- Joining the Family Business
- Betsy Branscombe, Speedway Motors, Inc.
- J.P. Rhea, Rhea Cattle Co.
- Aaron Schardt, Geneva State Bank
- 11:00 Breakout Sessions
- Allen Kruse, Rare Earth Solar
- Calvin Pappas, SelectOut Inc.
- Criag Zuhlke, Photonic Solutions, Inc.
- Mark Scudder, Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O
- Heidi Hornung-Scherr, Scudder Law Firm, P.C., L.L.O
- Establishing and Leveraging Advisory Boards
- Jan Labenz, Labenz & Associates, LLC
- Todd Duncan, Duncan Aviation
- 12:00 LUNCH & STATE-WIDE AWARD RECOGNITIONS
- Luncheon Keynote
- Mary Ann O’Brien, OBI Creative
- 1:45 entrepreneur demos
- Shane Farritor, MRail and Virtual Incision Corporation
- Allen Kruse, Rare Earth Solar
- Nathan Meyer, VersaFiber
- Shawn Engberg, Industrial Skins
- Dr. Zagit Gaymalov, NeuroNano Pharma, Inc.
- Mike Schwab, Beehive Industries
- 2:30 Closing Keynote
- Steve Kiene, Nebraska Global
- 3:00 Silicon Prairie News Meet-up and Reception
- Start Up:
- Growth:
- Succession & Re-Invention:
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The Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship is sponsored by the The Jim and Penny Krieger Family Foundation, Nebraska Business-Higher Education Forum, The Gallup Organization and the University of Nebraska.
